Blue Network

Blue Network
Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Ownership
Owner	General Electric (RCA); (1927–1928); RCA (1928–1943);
Key people	David Sarnoff (founder); Edward J. Noble; (controlling shareholder,; 1943–1945); Mark Woods (president);
History
Launch date	January 1, 1927
Replaced	"WJZ chain" (RCA; d/b/a; the "radio group");
Closed	June 15, 1945; (18 years, 165 days);
Replaced by	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Former names	NBC Blue Network; (1927–1943);
Coverage
Availability	National, through regional affiliates

The Blue Network (previously known as the NBC Blue Network) was the on-air name of a now defunct American radio network, which broadcast from 1927 through 1945.

Beginning as one of the two radio networks owned by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the independent Blue Network was born of a divestiture in 1942, arising from antitrust litigation. In 1945, the Blue Network formally became the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).